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Tiresome duty for a judge (6)

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I believe the answer is:

trying

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'tiresome' is the definition.
(trying can mean annoying or tiresome)

'duty for a judge' is the wordplay.
'duty' becomes 'ing' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'for' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'a judge' becomes 'try' (as in trialling a defendant).
'ing' after 'try' is 'TRYING'.

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(Other definitions for trying that I've seen before include "Making an effort - but annoying" , "Putting into dock" , "Testing" , "job for a jury?" , "Causing strain, annoying" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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